Welcome to The Emotional Endurance Movement, the mental health comedy game show that helps you build real coping skills—one week at a time.In this episode, Laurie Sharp-Page and behaviorist Crimson McDonald explore what it means to keep going even when slow is the best you can do. Using community check-in data, psychology, and practical tools, they unpack sluggishness, depletion, and why small, consistent steps still count as progress.If you’ve been tired, unmotivated, or feeling behind, this episode offers reassurance and practical insight without toxic positivity or pressure to push through.You don’t have to move fast to move forward.👉 Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly tools and updates:https://sprouting-change.com/joinus👉 Join next week’s survey and be part of the show:https://tally.so/r/81zjQr

Welcome to The Emotional Endurance Movement— the mental health comedy game show helping you stay regulated in a dysregulating world.In this episode Laurie and Crimson explore sadness, crying, and why tears matter— physically, emotionally, and neurologically.Using art, neuroscience, and real-time community data, they unpack how sadness shows up after periods of change, loss, and emotional effort, especially during seasonal transitions. From the science of tears to regulation check-ins, this episode invites you to make space for emotions rather than rushing to fix them.You’ll hear why sadness slows us down on purpose, how routine supports regulation, and how letting emotions move through the body builds real emotional endurance.You don’t cry because you can’t cope.You cry because you are coping.👉 Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly tools and updates:https://sprouting-change.com/joinus👉 Join next week’s survey and be part of the show:https://tally.so/r/81zjQr

Welcome to The Emotional Endurance Movement— the mental health comedy game show helping you stay regulated in a dysregulating world.In this episode, we talk post-holiday reality (anxiety, guilt, grief, gratitude), the feeling of the week Reconnected, and the small skills that help you find your way back to yourself. Plus: Show & Tell coping tools, Chill or Triggered (no-buffer mornings, traffic, “hey you got a minute?” texts), and our skill of the week: the Reentry Ritual.👉 Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly tools and updates:https://sprouting-change.com/joinus👉 Join next week’s survey and be part of the show:https://tally.so/r/81zjQr